• Dupery

    Full definition of dupery

    Noun

    dupery

    (plural duperies)
    1. The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.
      • 1840, Thomas_Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, ch 1,Quackery and dupery do abound; in religions, above all in the more advanced decaying stages of religions.
      • 1930, "Dishonesty,"Time, 17 Feb,Far more widespread than ticket dupery is another form of "misrepresentation" also recently under fire.
      • 2003, Joseph P. Fried, "The Duke of Dupery, Still Pulling the Wool," New York Times, 21 Dec, p. N51Mr. Abel, who lives in Westport, Conn., has earned his bread as a writer and lecturer on problem-solving tactics, and he has earned a reputation as a duke of dupery since 1959, when he masterminded the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals.

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